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#Twisting skyscraper skin#
The twisted profile aims to reduce powerful wind forces on the tower by dispersing them around the exterior, while the perforated metal skin is designed to screen the interior from harsh desert sunlight. The columns are simply shifted, a little more than a single degree from floor to floor, which results in a standardized construction method common to most concrete structures. The interior columns and corner columns twist in ascending order, but most of the perimeter columns have an identical shape and tilted relationship to the floor plate. The exterior is made up of deep concrete exteriors which are cladded in a metal skin having perforated screens which acts to shield the building’s interior from the hot desert sun. The twisted shape of the building reduces wind forces on the tower and directs the wind in such a way that its forces cannot organize themselves, in other words, the spiral shape of the tower causes the wind to be disorganized, because of this, the wind forces causes less effect on the tower. Hence, the entire twist of the building sums up to be 90 degree twist, creating the shape of a helix. The cayan tower is built in a sophisticated way, each of the 75 hexagonal floor plates are rotated around the buildings cylindrical core by 1.2 degree (1.2*75= 90 degrees). The cayan tower offers various changing views of its prestigious marina location, the lower portion of the tower is facing the exciting waterfront promenade of Dubai marina, while the upper floors are oriented towards the gulf, and this would be of great benefit to the residents living in its 570 luxury apartments THE ENGINEERING DESIGN OF THE TWISTING TOWER The tower was inspired by the structure of the human DNA, the tower looks like a geometric puzzle-a square skyscraper that was wrung out by a giant. It is the world’s tallest high-rise building with a twist of 90 degrees and the 10th tallest residential building in the world. It is 306 metres tall, which is equivalent to 1,004ft. The cayan tower, previously known as infinity tower, is a 75-storey residential skyscraper that twists 90 degrees from top to bottom. Of all twisting skyscrapers in the world, the DUBAI’S CAYAN TOWER happens to be the latest milestone in twisted architecture marvel.